Table 4.
Effects of dietary LM1 on serum cytokines of growing pigs.
| Items | Dose of LM1 | SEMa | P -value | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CON | LL | ML | MH | HH | Linear | Quadratic | Cubic | ||
| IL-1β, pg/mL | 123.53 | 122.15 | 115.38 | 112.00 | 113.67 | 1.51 | <0.001 | 0.021 | 0.078 |
| IL-6, pg/mL | 820 | 815 | 817 | 812 | 820 | 2.40 | 0.322 | 0.372 | 0.790 |
| IL-10, pg/mL | 171.00 | 167.83 | 177.67 | 182.33 | 173.33 | 1.57 | 0.001 | 0.016 | 0.001 |
| TNF-α, pg/mL | 322.17 | 328.17 | 306.50 | 298.50 | 326.33 | 2.28 | <0.001 | 0.124 | <0.001 |
| Growth hormone, μg/L | 17.30 | 17.23 | 17.82 | 17.70 | 17.53 | 0.22 | 0.159 | 0.699 | 0.105 |
aSEM represented pooled standard error of mean, n = 6.